en-za-hotdailynews: 2015-08-19 South Africa Science

Insecticide linked by some to honey bee die-offs found in US stream samples
Reuters
A type of insecticide under scrutiny by the White House because of fears about its impact on honey bees has been found in more than half of streams sampled across the United States, according to a study by government researchers published Tuesday.
A major insecticide is being investigated for links to mass deaths of honey bees   Business Insider
Insecticides Similar to Nicotine Found in about Half of Sampled Streams across ...   Newsroom America

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The Space Reporter

Saturn's F ring was created by an ancient collision
The Space Reporter
A new theory proposes that Saturn's outermost ring formed in the wake of an ancient collision between two icy satellites, and that similar collisions may account for comparable ringed structures around other planets. 5. SHARES. ShareTweetSubscribe.
'Cosmic crash likely created Saturn's ring'   The Straits Times
Saturn's Weirdest Ring Explained: Ancient Collision Caused It   Space.com
Mystery of Saturn's F Ring Cracked, Claims Study   NDTV
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The Local.fr

France to return 150 endangered tortoises to Madagascar
Business Standard
Some 150 endangered baby tortoises will return to Madagascar eight months after they were found wrapped in sticky tape and hidden in a crate at a Paris airport, the centre that cared for them said today. "After several months of intensive care, the ...
France to return 150 tortoises to Madagascar   The Local.fr
France Repatriates 150 Smuggled Rare Tortoises to Madagascar   AllAfrica.com

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Voice of America

Study: Andes Faces Water Woes
Voice of America
TORONTO—. Residents of the Central Andes mountains in Peru and Bolivia, already short of water, could see rainfall decline by up to 30 percent by the end of the century, a new Swiss study said. Even the next 20 years could see a noticeable drop in ...
Andes faces water woes, rainfall may drop by one-third by 2100 - study   Reuters
Rainfall Declines in Central Andes Mountains Serious   Net Newsledger
Study: Andes to lose a third of its precipitation by 2100   The Times

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Christian Science Monitor

Islamic leaders join Pope in urging fossil fuel phase out
The Australian
Islamic leaders from 20 countries today launched a Climate Change Declaration urging governments to deliver a strong, new international climate agreement in Paris this December. According to the declaration this needs to signal the “end of the road for ...

Islamic Experts Urge More Muslim Action On Climate Change   NDTV
Islamic experts urge more Muslim action on climate   The Nation
Muslim Scholars Call for Climate Action   Voice of America
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CBS Local

World's first flower revealed
Daily Times
A plant that had no petals and lived underwater more than 125 million years ago could be the oldest known 'flower', according to scientists. The aquatic Montsechia vidalii was once abundant in freshwater lakes in what are now mountainous regions of ...
Discovery Of 130 Million-Year-Old Fossil Suggests Earth's First Flowering ...   CBS Local
Paleobotanists identify what could be the mythical 'first flower'   The Times
Fossil reveals world's first flowering plant   Science Recorder
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India Today

What Facebook is to social media, The Drinkable Book is to...
India Today
Each page of The Drinkable Book is embedded with silver and copper nano-particles, which kill the bacteria that cause deadly waterborne diseases. IndiaToday.in New Delhi, August 18, 2015 | UPDATED 16:54 IST ...

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